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What was said after the match

"This game cost me five years off my life. I could never be a coach. The last few minutes were really difficult to get through, and my heart is still beating like a hammer."-substitute Michal Hanek

"I think we were the better team. We created more chances, and we deserve our spot in the playoffs. But it was nerve-wracking."- striker Róbert Vittek

"We suffered through the game, it was very emotional. I'm only now beginning to realize we achieved a historic success for Slovak football, and that if we make it through the playoffs we will be in the World Cup final round."- defender Ján Ďurica

"We're all happy, we expected it to be difficult, but the game with Russia was exceptionally tough. Everyone played for the team as a whole, no one played as an individual."- defender Marián Had

"We did what we needed to, and there's nothing to add. We had more chances, and I was really afraid that our failure to capitalize on them would come back to haunt us."- captain Miroslav Karhan

"I wasn't taken off my game, I was just really angry at Filip Hološko for missing that breakaway. You just have to convert those chances."- defender Martin Škrtel

"This football country lives on."- coach Dušan Galis

From Slovak press

Róbert Vittek: "Nerve-wracking."

photo: SITA

Dušan Galis: "Country lives on."

photo: Pavol Funtal

Left to right: Martin Škrtel, Marián Had and Filip Hološko before the game.aník

photo: SITA

17. Oct 2005 at 0:00

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